Simeon

“Listening, hearkening” — Hebrew origin

Boy's name · #1094 in the US (2025) · Heirloom

Simeon belongs to an older America first — it reached #360 back in 1880 — yet it still appears in today's records at #1094. About 9,500 boys have carried it since 1880. Sim is a short form of Simeon.

Around the world: about 1 in 2,400 boys in France (2025) · about 1 in 3,300 boys in Switzerland (2024) · about 1 in 4,400 boys in Belgium (2025).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 19 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Simeons

Siméon Denis Poisson — French mathematician, mechanician and physicist (1781–1840)
Simeon II of Bulgaria — Bulgarian politician and royal (born 1937)
Simeon I of Bulgaria — Bulgarian Tsar who ruled from 893 to 927
Simeon of Moscow — Prince of Moscow and Grand Prince of Vladimir (1316-1353)
Simeon Stylites — Christian ascetic saint

In stories & tradition

Simeon — Genesis 29 · Genesis 34
Siméon — Polyeucte

What Simeons become

Among 481 notable people named Simeon:

Lawyers & judges appear 1.73× more often than among typical names — e.g. Simeon Eben Baldwin, American judge (1840–1927).

Similar names: Ephraim · Seamus · Oren · Judson · Salomon · Marion

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